FranckOllu
Contact
For availability and general enquiries:
Alison Nethsingha
For contracts, logistics and press:
Ignatius Sokal
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Franck
Franck Ollu is a versatile conductor, widely acknowledged as an expert in the field of contemporary and French music. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Boulez, during 2025 Franck Ollu will conduct Les Siècles in a series of concerts, including performances in Paris, Munich, Berlin and Bucharest.
Recent and future highlights include the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra at Musica Viva in Munich, Budapest Festival, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Norwegian Opera, Polish National Radio Symphony and Basel Chamber Orchestras. He has conducted at the Konzerthaus Stockholm in a festival focusing on the music of George Benjamin and is regularly invited to Radio France’s annual Festival Présences.
During the last couple of seasons Franck has conducted the world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Shirine at Lyon Opera, and the French premiere of Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at the Opéra Comique in Paris.
He has a particularly close relationship with Ensemble Modern which has led to numerous opera performances, including at the Salzburg Festival .
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
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Selected Repertoire
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | Der Zwerg |
|---|---|
| Claude Debussy | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| George Benjamin | Into the Little Hill • Written on Skin |
| Heiner Goebbels | Landschaft mit Entfernten Verwandten |
| Iannis Xenakis | Oresteïa |
| Igor Stravinsky | The Rake's Progress |
| Judith Weir | Blond Eckbert |
| Leoš Janáček | The Cunning Little Vixen |
| Luciano Berio | Recital I (for Cathy) |
| Luigi Dallapiccola | Il prigioniero |
| Olga Neuwirth | ... ce qui arrive ... |
| Oscar Bianchi | Thanks To My Eyes |
| Pascal Dusapin | Macbeth Underworld • Penthesilea • Medeamaterial • Passion |
| Saed Haddad | A Wintery Spring |
| Thierry Escaich | Shirine |
| Wolfgang Rihm | Jakob Lenz • Das Gehege |
Sample Programmes
Ravel Project
Fanfare for L'Éventail de Jeanne (1927) (1’30) Piccolo, oboe, clarinet (A), bassoon, horn (F), trumpet (C), cymbals, bass drum, tam-tam, chimes, strings Histoires naturelles (1906) (16’) Text by Jules Roland Orchestration by Manuel Rosenthal Ensemble and mezzo soprano 2.1.2.1 – 2.1.0.0 – 2perc, 1cel, 1vibra, 1hp I. Le Paon ● II. Le Grillon ● III. Le Cygne ● IV. Le Martin-pêcheur ● V. La Pintade L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925) (45’) Text by Colette Transcription by Franck Ollu for 29 players and 8 singers 2(2picc).2(2ca)3(2es,3Bcl,2Fgt(2 Cfgt)-2.2.2-1Pn(harmon organ) 1 Cel)1Hpe. 2 Percs. 2.2.2.2.1 NOTES L'éventail de Jeanne is a wonderful children's ballet. The performance should be in French and without interval. Both texts are easily understood by audiences of all ages and have ‘animals’ as the main theme.
News
Press
Opera "Macbeth Underworld" by Pascal Dusapin
Opéra Comique, ParisOct 2023 - Nov 2023Dusapin crafted the new story into a nocturnal, dreamlike, disturbing, enormously colourful and sensual Opera. With science and art, Franck Ollu offered a powerful musical interpretation of the feelings of guilt and apprehension from the very first notes.
- Ópera Actual
- 08 November 2023
Discography
- Anthony Cheung: Music for Film, Sculpture, and Captions
- Xiaogang Ye: Seven Episodes For Lin'an
- Xiaogang Ye: Mount E'mei
- Pascal Dusapin: Passion
- Pascal Dusapin: Penthesilea
- Wolfgang Rihm: Jakob Lenz (DVD Video)
- Wesselmann: Ensemble Works II
- Wesselmann: Ensemble Works I
- Zappa
- Brian Ferneyhough: Terrain
- Rotorelief
